始料未及

lìng tā shǐ liào wèi jí de shì kě ài de ér zi tū rán dé le bái xuè bìng

令他始料未及的是，可爱的儿子突然得了白血病。

What he had not expected was that his cute son would suddenly develop leukaemia.

zhè xiàng zhèng cè dài lái de yǐng xiǎng shì zhèng fǔ shǐ liào wèi jí de

这项政策带来的影响是政府始料未及的。

The effects of this policy were more than the government had bargained for.